This document discusses the role of strategic direction in organizational design. It states that strategic direction provides the vision, mission, values and goals that guide an organization's strategies. Organizational design then implements the strategies through its structures, processes and systems. The strategic framework defines how projects support stakeholder objectives. A strategy defines how an organization will achieve its goals, and organizational design reflects how goals and strategies are implemented. Different strategies, like low-cost leadership or differentiation, affect organizational design in different ways such as through centralized authority versus empowered employees.